tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post117333139872513767..comments2015-07-17T03:34:27.265-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Race to the Finnish: Osmo Vänskä in SibeliusCharles T. Downeyhttps://plus.google.com/112700440561211882762noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1173886710759845032007-03-14T11:38:00.000-05:002007-03-14T11:38:00.000-05:00This seems a discussion in which it is more likely...This seems a discussion in which it is more likely to get messy - but then, I've never actively avoided a puddle of mud, either. <BR/> I hope that many of the comments, at least the more gregarious ones, are in part facetious. “America-Hating WETA Apparatchiks” comes to mind…<BR/> I assure Garth Trinkl that I have plenty Classical Music by American composers. Many of which I like, plenty of whichjflhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1173371193079902782007-03-08T11:26:00.000-05:002007-03-08T11:26:00.000-05:00Congratulations Jens, on your appointment as Class...Congratulations Jens, on your appointment as Classical WETA's new classical critic-at-large. I have admired, for some time, your writings for Charles T. Downey's leading Washington, D.C. and national classical music and cultural blog, ionarts.org; and I respect you as a leading expert on recordings of European classical music and some of the personalities behind European classical music today.<Garth Trinklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.com